All law schools offer courses in trial advocacy, and DU Law
School is no exception. But most litigation never gets to trial.
Indeed, most litigations live most of their lives in the
discovery phase. During discovery there is an extensive exchange
of information (documents, depositions, etc.) between the
parties, in the hopes that this will lead to settlement, or if
absolutely necessary, at least streamline the trial. This course
focuses on the instruments of discovery: Interrogatories,
Document Requests, Requests for Admissions, Depositions, and
also addresses document management issues. We will pay particular attention
to
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that govern discovery, and
case law that interpret those rules.Discovery Practicum is a
course I taught at DU Law as an Adjunct Professor from
1993-1995, and which I revived in the Summer of 2004. The
syllabus for the spring semester is available at
this link. The Course Policies document, which
describes the course in more detail, is available
here. The text for this class is Dessem, Pretrial
Litigation, Law Policy & Practice, 4th Ed. (West, 2007), and is
available in the DU Bookstore.
Click
here if you would like to read evaluations from students
about my teaching of this course. If you need a copy of my CV, you will find it on the
About Me page.
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